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Woman's headdress

Unknown1840/1860

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, MA, United States

Headdress on wire with pendant masses of artificial cherries, strawberries, grapes, plums, blossoms, leaves and coral at each end of wire

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Title: Woman's headdress
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: 1840/1860
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 53cm (20 7/8in.)
Type: Headdress
Rights: Gift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All Rights Reserved.
Medium: Wire, silk, gum Arabic, starch, beeswax, pigments, glass, and gelatin

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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